[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Niche # Niche Part of an sculpted and arched niche, probably from the exterior wall of a temple. A figure would have been positioned within the arch. Depiction of an ascetic (detail). Made of stone (schist). - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1000–1199 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1872-0701-72](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1872-0701-72) · Pramāṇa